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The three waves: Rethinking the structure of the first Upper Paleolithic in Western Eurasia. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2023 The Neronian is a lithic tradition recognized in the Middle Rhône Valley of Mediterranean France now directly linked to Homo sapiens and securely dated to 54,000 years ago (ka), pushing back the arrival of modern humans in Europe by 10 ka. This incursion
Slimak L.
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Initial Upper Paleolithic in the Zagros Mountains
Frontiers in Earth ScienceThe Iranian Plateau and the Zagros Mountain chain, located at the crossroads of Africa and Eurasia, occupy a critical geographical position in out-of-Africa scenarios, sitting astride a major dispersal corridor into southern and central Asia. Yet, the region’s role in human population expansions remains under-investigated.
Mohammad Javad Shoaee +28 more
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Climate-driven habitat shifts of high-ranked prey species structure Late Upper Paleolithic hunting. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2023 Changing climates in the past affected both human and faunal population distributions, thereby structuring human diets, demography, and cultural evolution. Yet, separating the effects of climate-driven and human-induced changes in prey species abundances
Yaworsky PM, Hussain ST, Riede F.
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Delayed increase in stone tool cutting-edge productivity at the Middle-Upper Paleolithic transition in southern Jordan. [PDF]
Nat CommunAlthough the lithic cutting-edge productivity has long been recognized as a quantifiable aspect of prehistoric human technological evolution, there remains uncertainty how the productivity changed during the Middle-to-Upper Paleolithic transition.
Kadowaki S +8 more
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New data on the formation of local variations in the Upper Paleolithic of the Caucasus [PDF]
Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии, 2023 As of today, very few Upper Paleolithic sites are known on both the southern and the northern slopes of the Caucasus. Their materials allow tracing settlement dynamics in the region from 40/39 to 20 cal ka BP.
Golovanova L.V. +2 more
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Quaternary, 2023 Blades as a component of lithic assemblages hold significant importance to understanding the more recent part of human evolution, particularly with regard to the emergence and adaptations of Homo sapiens.
Gopesh Jha +3 more
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The Middle-to-Upper Paleolithic transition occupations from Cova Foradada (Calafell, NE Iberia). [PDF]
PLoS One, 2019 The Middle-to-Upper Paleolithic transition in Europe covers the last millennia of Neanderthal life together with the appearance and expansion of Modern Human populations.
Morales JI +10 more
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Теория и практика археологических исследований, 2021 he focus of this investigation is on the technology of micro-percussion in the Upper Paleolithic of Mongolia. Micro-percussion is defined as the entire assemblage of lithic artifacts associated with the production of microblades.
А.В. Табарев +1 more
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Quaternary, 2023 Personal ornaments play an important role in our understanding of human cultural and behavioral change during the Upper Paleolithic, providing insights into intangible aspects of human cultural behavior. Some ornament forms are better studied than others,
Flavia Venditti +4 more
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PLoS ONE, 2023 Upper Paleolithic lithic assemblages have traditionally been considered a paramount example of the high level of complexity characterizing the technological behavior of prehistoric modern humans. The diversity and standardization of tools, as well as the
Elvira Susana Alonso-Fernández +5 more
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